Time and Philosophy by John Mccumber
Looking at the development of continental philosophy in both Europe and America, McCumber discusses philosophers ranging from Hegel, Marx, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Husserl, Heidegger, Arendt, Adorno and Horkheimer, Sartre, de Beauvoir, Foucault, and Derrida to the most influential thinkers of today - Agamben, Badiou, Bulter, and Ranciere. Throughout, McCumber's concern is to elucidate the primary texts for readers coming to these thinkers for the first time, while revealing the philosophical rigour that underpins and connects the history of continental thought.
"Time and Philosophy fills a great vacuum in the literature on continental philosophy, providing students with an invaluable orientation into this complex tradition" James Luchte, University of Wales Trinity Saint David "The single best volume of its kind, Time and Philosophy deserves to be widely read, both by students (because of its lucid presentations of each thinker) and by scholars working in the field (because of the general claims about Continental philosophy it
John McCumber is a Distinguished Professor and Chair of the UCLA Department of Germanic Languages. He is the author of six books, including Poetic Interaction: Language, Freedom Reason; The Company of Words: Hegel, Language, and Systematic Philosophy; Metaphysics and Oppression: Heidegger's Challenge to Western Philosophy; and Reshaping Reason: Toward a New Philosophy.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780773539433 |
| ISBN 10 | 0773539433 |
| Title | Time and Philosophy |
| Author | John Mccumber |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | McGill-Queen's University Press |
| Year published | 2011-10-03 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
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